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On May 20, IIM Udaipur officially inaugurated its first batch of executive MBA that is offered to working professionals who want to pursue a management degree while pursuing a full-time job. The programme seats are only given to candidates who have a proper professional experience. All the students of the batch will have to attend classes later in the evening on weekdays and throughout the day on weekends. The program is going to be conducted in hybrid mode. So students will have to keep travelling to the institute to attend seminars in classes in between. Executive MBA is definitely not a light course and equally hectic as full-time MBA. 

The Abu Dhabi campus of IIT Delhi has released guidelines for prospective students who would like to get into the UG programmes offered by the institute. Students will have the option to choose from computer science or energy engineering specialisations for their BTech. Each course has only 30 seats which is why the admission is going to be quite competitive. It is compulsory for all the candidates to have scored at least 75% marks in their class 12th exams. For getting admission, candidates will have to give a CAET which is the standard test conducted by the institute to give admission in the UG programmes. The exam is scheduled for 23rd June and is going to be a 90 minutes long exam consisting of physics, chemistry, and mathematics.

The Abu Dhabi campus of IIT Delhi has released guidelines for prospective students who would like to get into the UG programmes offered by the institute. Students will have the option to choose from computer science or energy engineering specialisations for their BTech. Each course has only 30 seats which is why the admission is going to be quite competitive. It is compulsory for all the candidates to have scored at least 75% marks in their class 12th exams. For getting admission, candidates will have to give a CAET which is the standard test conducted by the institute to give admission in the UG programmes. The exam is scheduled for 23rd June and is going to be a 90 minutes long exam consisting of physics, chemistry, and mathematics.

The Abu Dhabi campus of IIT Delhi has released guidelines for prospective students who would like to get into the UG programmes offered by the institute. Students will have the option to choose from computer science or energy engineering specialisations for their BTech. Each course has only 30 seats which is why the admission is going to be quite competitive. It is compulsory for all the candidates to have scored at least 75% marks in their class 12th exams. For getting admission, candidates will have to give a CAET which is the standard test conducted by the institute to give admission in the UG programmes. The exam is scheduled for 23rd June and is going to be a 90 minutes long exam consisting of physics, chemistry, and mathematics.

The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras has set up a new centre for music and learning for students. The centre has been named after the music maestro Ilaiyaraaja. The centre has been set after a great deal of research and a team that has profound knowledge related to the field of music. The institute realised that there were a lot of students on campus that were inclined towards music, but due to limited facilities, they couldn't do much. After much deliberation and thought, the idea of the centre was presented and then implemented. The institute will make the best use of advanced technology like AI to integrate it with music. 

South Korea has gained a lot of popularity around the world because of its culture, music, and food. The cinema and the way of living of this country has been highly appreciated by people around the world. South Korea is also an extremely developed nation with a lot of great universities. However, the number of international students studying at these universities is still very low because of the language barrier. 

To ignite the interest of international students in studying in South Korea, many South Korean universities have started offering scholarships to Indian students and other students from around the world. Many universities in India have also introduced training programmes in Korean language at the University level. This can be found in universities like Delhi University, Jamia Millia Islamia, and many more. The annual tuition fee for a private university in South Korea ranges between INR 4,00,00 to INR 500,000. 

Many Indian students who were scheduled to join their different courses in the coming months are facing extreme delays in getting their Schengen visas. As a result, they have to switch their courses to other countries like Georgia, Japan, and Australia. Many people have also complained about frequent changes in the allotted slots and the cancellation of the interviews all of a sudden. In the past few months, people have been experiencing several delays with Schengen visas. Not only students but also people going on a travel visa are experiencing similar kinds of problems which is leading to changes in choices among people.

Sanaa Shaikh, a former CBSE class 12 student from Gurgaon has scored an exceptional 99.4% in her class 12th board examinations. Due to this remarkable achievement, she has grabbed an excellent scholarship from the University of British Columbia. Sanaa has said that having a proper timetable and dividing the day effectively is the key to scoring good marks in board examinations. She said that all students must treat their textbooks as the sole source of information and try to re-read them as much as possible. A student of DPS school, Sanaa has said that she has keen interest in psychology and would like to pursue it in the future.

NEET UG exam that was scheduled on 5th May was conducted successfully across the country except certain parts and examination centres where there were supposed examination leaks. After that a petition was filed in the Supreme Court to look for the culprits and bring justice for the rest of the students in the country who had prepared honestly for the exam and gave it without indulging in any malpractices. Many students were demanding that the examination should be re-conducted whereas some others were demanding grace marks for students who did not get the leaked paper. Due to this, the results were kept at hold. However, after a recent judgement passed by the Supreme Court, it has been decided that the result should be released while the culprits are being found and given the right punishment. if there will be any changes in the marks, then they can be modified, even after the results have been released.

Candidates who registered for the JEE advanced exam can now check the admit cards that have been released by IIT Madras. The admit card will contain all the relevant information related to the centre of the candidate, the date of the examination, and the time slot. Only students who were able to clear the cut-off of JEE mains were allowed to register for JEE advanced. The examination will be conducted on 26th May, 2024. Both the paper one and paper two will be conducted in different slots. The paper of the advanced exam is going to be set by IIT Madras. For more information, candidates can check the official website of IIT Madras.

Delhi University has finally released the criteria for getting into PhD programmes. This year the university is going to give 70% weightage to the NET scores and 30% weightage will be given to the interview round. Students will have to first qualify the UGC NET to become eligible for getting admission. After that the qualified students can register on the official website of Delhi University. The university will shortlist candidates who have authentic documents. After the shortlisting process, the selected candidates will be called for a personal interview round before final selection. There are three different categories that students can get selected from. The first category is for students who have qualified JRF which will make them eligible for a monthly stipend, assistant professorship, and PhD. The second category is for students who are eligible for the post of an assistant professor and PhD. The third category is for students who are only eligible for PhD.

NTA has officially released the results for JEE paper two exam. The paper two exam gives admission to students in the field of bachelors in archaeology and bachelors in planning. The second shift of paper II of JEE Mains was conducted on 12th April, 2024. Around 99,086 students had registered for the exams. Two students from Jharkhand in Tamil Nadu have been able to score a perfect 100 percentile. To check the results, students can go to the official website of JEE Mains. Students will have to fill in their relevant information to get their results. Now that the results have officially been released, students who have qualified the exam can start preparing for JEE advanced to get into IITs. 

After facing severe backlash because of rescheduling CUET UG in New Delhi, NTA had to cancel another exam in Kanpur. The exam that was scheduled to be organised on 15th May was cancelled because of wrong paper distribution and wastage of a lot of time. Now the authorities have told the affected students that the paper will be organised on 29th May, 2024. Previously another exam was cancelled in New Delhi because of some logistic issues that have yet not been clarified by New Delhi. This time for the first time in the past few years, CUET is being organised in pen and paper mode which is causing some problems related to logistics and paper distribution. All the papers that have been cancelled as of now will be organised on 29th me for which admit cards will be released in the upcoming week.

Many IITs offer unconventional courses to students that can be pursued in hybrid, attending or non-attending mode. These courses are a digression from the conventional bachelors in technology courses in specialisations like computer science and electronic engineering. One such course that is offered by one of the top institutes in the country is ceramics engineering. This course is offered by IIT BHU in the form of an integrated dual degree. Students have to go through a five year BTech + MTech course that is specialised in ceramic engineering. This course is specially designed to provide students with the knowledge of all the fundamental techniques and skills that are required in the area of ceramic industry that includes whitewares, cement, furnace technology, glass and pottery. Students can get into this course through the JEE exam.

The NTA has successfully conducted the CUET UG undergraduate exam across the country other than the 258 centres in Delhi due to certain discrepancies. The first day of the exam was held for biology, chemistry, and the general test at around 2175 centres in the country. The overall attendance in the country for the first day of exam was 75%. This is quite an achievement for NTA since conducting an exam of this big capacity seamlessly across different centres is certainly not an easy task. However, due to reasons still undisclosed, the examination for the students of Delhi centres has been postponed. This test is not going to be held on 29th May. As per the chairman of UGC, there were some logistical issues that they couldn't control and thus the examination had to be cancelled. All the shifts spanning from 15th May to 18th May will be conducted in pen and paper mode. The examinations scheduled between 21st May to 24th May will be conducted in CBT mode.

Seven Indian origin students have been able to earn the prestigious Knights Hennessy Scholarship. The selected students include Kritika Singh, Krishna Pathak, Ank Aggarwal, Wasan Kumar, Isha Sanghvi, Aneesh Pappu, and Rahul Penumaka. Every year 90 scholars are chosen under this scholarship programme. The disciplines from which the students are chosen range from science, management, technology and law. Most of the students are from masters degree and are pursuing their PhD, masters or even MBA. The 90 students selected this year are from 30 different countries. 47% of the selected students are not even citizens of the US. 

Morocco is offering 10 undergraduate scholarships to Indian students who are interested in pursuing a degree from the higher education institutes in the country. The scholarship will be given to students who want to study in the field of medical, accounting studies, engineering, agriculture, architecture, and many more. The deadline for the same is 15th May, 2024. Students must understand that French is the main source of communication in the majority of Moroccan institutes. Therefore, it is important for all candidates to undertake tests in French to prove their language proficiency. It is only after the proficiency of a candidate has been analysed that they will get the field of the study. The field of the study given to international students is going to be non-negotiable

The British government has been imposing perpetual restrictions on international students for the past two years. This includes increasing the minimum savings, discontinuing dependent visas, and increasing visa refusal rates. Now reports are suggesting that the next move of the British government will be to discontinue the after study work visa that is given to international students after completing their education. Already the number of students paying deposits to the UK universities for studying postgraduate courses has decreased by 63%. Several reports suggest that if the UK government decides to discontinue the after study work visa, there are high chances that most students will stop playing for the universities in the UK.

CBSE has officially released the results for class 10th and 12th and students can check it from the official website of CBSE. CBSE class 10th board exams were conducted from 15th February to 13th March around the country and across 26 other countries as well. This year around 1.32,00,00 students will have to appear for a compartment exam. The result of Kendriya Vidyalayas has surpassed everyone's expectations with a passing percent of 99.01%. Sabyasachi Laskar from Kolkata has managed to score a perfect 500/500 score in class 10th exams. City wise Thiruvananthapuram records the highest passing percentage in the country with a total of 99.91 students passing the class 10th exams.

CUET UG which was scheduled on 15th May has been postponed by UGC. Students who went to their  respective examination centres were sent back abruptly without even letting them inside the examination centres. UGC chairman, Mr Jagdish Kumar has said that the examination has been cancelled because of some logistics related problem that is beyond the control of NTA. Due to the sudden dispersal and cancellation of exams, students have shown their resentment towards the system and blamed NTA for not being responsible enough. As of now these exams have been rescheduled on 29th May, 2024. However, the exam was conducted seamlessly and other centres around NCR, such as Noida, Gurugram, and Faridabad.